Internet service provider (ISP) filtering of child-abusive material: A critical reflection of its effectiveness
Marie Eneman · Journal of Sexual Aggression · 2010
The availability of child-abusive material challenges traditional legal regulation. A response to this is internet service providers' (ISPs) recent implementation of filtering systems to regulate access of this material. This paper considers whether ISP-implemented filtering systems are effective in preventing and controlling access to child-abusive material. Evaluation of the effectiveness will be based upon empirical material collected through interviews with 15 offenders convicted of child pornography; in addition, a Detective Inspector with the Swedish National Criminal Police has been interviewed. The paper concludes that the filtering approach contains both effective and ineffective elements.